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Historical Event on 5/9/1997

At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/22/1956Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing.
10/30/1994India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership.
7/8/199125 tonnes of gold moved to London from India to raise $ 200 million loan.
10/31/1975Sachin Dev Burman, famous music director, died.
12/23/1930The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt.
12/15/1965Third cyclone of the year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges river.
8/20/1909Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar.
9/4/1983INSAT-1B runs into snag, its solar array fails to deploy fully.
9/4/1983Chandbibi made treaty with Murad and gave 'Varhad' area to Mughals.
8/25/1959Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China.